Mark 7:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπολαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατʼ ἰδίαν, ἔβαλεν τοὺς δακτύλους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πτύσας, ἥψατο τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

And apolabomenos him from the ochlou kat' idian, he ebalen the daktylous of him into the ōta of him, and ptysas, he hēpsato the glōssēs of him;

Grammar Details

• *apolabomenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having taken aside
• *ochlou*: genitive, masculine, singular - crowd
• *kat' idian*: idiom - privately/by themselves
• *ebalen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - put/thrust
• *daktylous*: accusative, masculine, plural - fingers
• *ōta*: accusative, neuter, plural - ears
• *ptysas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having spit
• *hēpsato*: aorist middle, 3rd singular - touched
• *glōssēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - tongue

Word Meanings

• *apolabomenos*: having taken aside/separated/drawn away
• *kat' idian*: privately/by themselves/in private
• *ebalen*: put/placed/thrust
• *daktylous*: fingers/digits
• *ptysas*: having spit/spat
• *hēpsato*: touched/took hold of

Referenced Verses

• Mark 8:23 : 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
• John 9:6-7 : 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
• 1 Kgs 17:19-22 : 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
• 2 Kgs 4:4-6 : 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
• 2 Kgs 4:33-34 : 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
• Mark 5:40 : 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.